memeorandum: Rep. Crenshaw Knocks Jim Jordan Speaker Supporters' ‘High-Pressure Campaign’: ‘Dumbest Thing You Can Do’ (Zachary Leeman/The Messenger)

8:10 PM ET, October 15, 2023

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CNN:

Senior House Republican says GOP members ready to block Jordan — A number of House Republicans are in talks to block Rep. Jim Jordan's path to the speakership as the Ohio Republican tries to force a floor vote on Tuesday, according to multiple GOP sources.

Discussion: Raw Story, Politico, Fox News, The Mahablog, Mediaite, Political Wire and Washington Examiner

Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:

Turner: If GOP can't elect Speaker then ‘deal will have to be done’ with Democrats — Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said Sunday if House Republicans cannot elect a Speaker soon then a “deal will have to be done” with Democrats in order to get the chamber running again, as it nears two weeks since …

Discussion: UPI, Financial Times, CBS News, USA Today and Political Wire

Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:

Jordan Activates Right-Wing Pressure Campaign in Push to Win Speakership — Allies of the Ohio Republican, who must persuade scores of his colleagues to support his bid for speaker, are threatening right-wing retribution to any G.O.P. lawmakers who dare oppose him.

Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, Washington Times and Politico

Kelly Garrity / Politico:

Jim Jordan's pressure campaign the ‘dumbest thing you can do,’ one House Republican says — Nobody likes a bully, Rep. Dan Crenshaw said. — Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) has some advice for Rep. Jim Jordan as he and his allies attempt to pressure his way to the speakership: — Chill.

Discussion: The Hill, New York Daily News, CNN, Raw Story and Washington Examiner

Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:

Rep. Crenshaw Knocks Jim Jordan Speaker Supporters' ‘High-Pressure Campaign’: ‘Dumbest Thing You Can Do’ — The Texas Republican is supporting the nominee but warned his fellow GOP members against ‘whipping up Twitter’ against each other … Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, is supporting Rep. Jim Jordan …

Discussion: The Hill and Daily Kos

Niha Masih / Washington Post:

Israel-Gaza war live updates — Gaza residents flee south as Israel prepares for ‘next stages of war’ — Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Gaza are fleeing in buses, cars and on foot, crowding onto narrow roads leading south after Israel's evacuation warning.

Discussion: Axios, Associated Press, New York Times, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Outside the Beltway, The Economist, The Messenger, Reuters, NBC Connecticut, Florida Politics, The Hill and Bloomberg

NBC News:
Israel-Hamas war live updates: Gaza gripped by humanitarian crisis as Israel readies ground attack

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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Why Israel Is Acting This Way — With the Middle East on the cusp of a full-blown ground war …

Discussion: Althouse and Axios

Jan Cienski / Politico:

Opposition wins Polish election, according to exit poll — WARSAW — Poland's opposition parties look like they've won a solid victory in the country's general election — and if the result holds it signals a radical change both in Poland and in the EU, where the current Law and Justice …

Discussion: Associated Press, Bloomberg, Breitbart, UPI, Al Jazeera, Financial Times, Reuters and Vox

Bracey Harris / NBC News:

Driving 100 miles in labor; giving birth in the ER: Fears rise as 3 maternity units prepare to close in Alabama — The state has one of the country's highest maternal mortality rates. Now, three hospitals plan to stop delivering babies, putting some pregnant women at even higher risk.

U.S. Embassy in Israel:

Security Alert #10 — Home الصفحة الرئيسية / News & Events / Security Alert #10 — Event: The U.S. government is assisting U.S. nationals and their immediate family members with a valid travel document …

Discussion: NewsNation, The Forward, NBC News, One America News Network, The Messenger and Washington Examiner

Politico:

Boebert spent campaign cash at Beetlejuice boyfriend's bar — The Colorado congresswoman dropped a few hundred bucks at Hooch, a place that hosts drag shows. — Well before Rep. Lauren Boebert and her date got thrown out of a local theater showing of Beetlejuice for being disruptive and frisky …

Discussion: Raw Story, New York Post and Rolling Stone

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

GOPer cut off by CNN host for anti-immigrant rant when asked about Gaza refugees — During an appearance on CNN on Sunday morning, host Victor Blackwell was forced to shut down a House Republican who took advantage of a question about what to do with Palestinian refugees to attack President Joe Biden over immigration in the U.S.

The Messenger:

House Republicans' Chaos Is Making Biden's Split-Screen Strategy a Lot Easier — Biden wants to run on his ability to govern. House Republicans' inability to do just that plays into the Democrat's 2024 strategy … Joe Biden's reelection strategy relies on painting Republicans as chaotic, disorganized, and unserious.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Fox News, Los Angeles Times and Washington Examiner

Politico:

How hackers piled onto the Israeli-Hamas conflict — Lower-level cyberattacks are becoming a major feature of the war between Israel and Hamas, and the attacks could ramp up in intensity. — Hackers sympathetic to Hamas are working to make the Israel-Gaza conflict the next front of cyberwarfare.

Holly Otterbein / Politico:

Biden, DNC raise $71 million in third quarter — It's a large, though not record-breaking, amount that has allowed Biden to launch an earlier TV and digital advertising campaign than past presidents' reelection efforts. — President Joe Biden, the Democratic National Committee …